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Holisteins as feeder cattle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Calhoun Farm" data-source="post: 1110445" data-attributes="member: 19637"><p>Not sure where you are but at the barns I go to those sized calves won't bring $250 a piece so you're already over paying. Another thing is you better have plenty of medicine in the cabinet because dairy calves can't fight off disease like a beef calf will. Holsteins are very large framed and will take longer to put weight on than beef breeds. We tried the holstein deal for about 8months and it didn't go to well for us. We were buying calves the same size as your talking about, majority of them died from pneumonia. By the time we noticed they were sick the giving them a shot was a waste of medicine. Granted, not all holsteins will fall into this situation I'm explaining to you but keep this in mind. We had enough die that we sold out and started raising beef stockers. We can't buy as many like we did with the holsteins but we've had alot better luck with death and growth rates have been alot better/faster. Best of luck to you which ever route you take.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calhoun Farm, post: 1110445, member: 19637"] Not sure where you are but at the barns I go to those sized calves won't bring $250 a piece so you're already over paying. Another thing is you better have plenty of medicine in the cabinet because dairy calves can't fight off disease like a beef calf will. Holsteins are very large framed and will take longer to put weight on than beef breeds. We tried the holstein deal for about 8months and it didn't go to well for us. We were buying calves the same size as your talking about, majority of them died from pneumonia. By the time we noticed they were sick the giving them a shot was a waste of medicine. Granted, not all holsteins will fall into this situation I'm explaining to you but keep this in mind. We had enough die that we sold out and started raising beef stockers. We can't buy as many like we did with the holsteins but we've had alot better luck with death and growth rates have been alot better/faster. Best of luck to you which ever route you take. [/QUOTE]
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